Snapshot

Benjamin Lees is renowned for his works featuring concertante group and orchestra: his Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (1964) has been performed by more than 35 ensembles * Writes in an extended tonal idiom, with shifting metres shaping an underlying pulse * Music responds to issues of historical, social, and literary significance * Works commissioned by the Dallas, Detroit, Houston, National, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras, among others